Tamara Bespalova-Mikhaleva

Porcelain painter, writer. Born in the family of Nikolai Bespalov in St Petersburg (1912). Graduated from the Leningrad Technical College of Art and Industry (1929–31). Worked at the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (from 1931). Wrote poetry and fairytales. Died in Leningrad (1991).